The first of random, irregularly updated drabbles I'm going to be writing for…you guessed it…Jonny Quest! *applause*
I've always loved the friendship and professional companionship between Benton Quest and Race Bannon, and I noticed it's never really been focused on in any of the shows. I've oftentimes wondered if perhaps Jonny, Hadji, and Jessie aren't the only Quest Team members who have adventures when the others aren't around…I mean really, where do Race and the Doc go when they're not watching the kids? Who says they're not off doing exactly what they've warned Jonny not to do, namely, getting into trouble...?:D
This is a little ficlet of an adventure never shown in the episodes, but could very well have happened while the writers were watching Jonny, Haj, and Jessie…
Cup of Tea
The adrenaline not having yet run its course, the two men were in no state of mind to sleep - they both felt as if they could go another three rounds with Zin and those blasted spider-robots of his!
Unfortunately, when they'd tried explaining this to the London physician, he'd rudely thrown his arms up and growled in a manner unbefitting to a doctor that if the two of them did not lie still and go to sleep he was going to sedate them both.
So there the two men lay, pretending to be asleep to prevent the threat from ensuing.
Honestly, how in the world the doctor expected them to sleep with that nurse poking and prodding every ten minutes was beyond even Dr. Quests' intelligence.
"Hey, Doc," a hoarse whisper broke the silence as soon as the nurse exited the room.
"Yes, Race?" answered his friend from his own hospital bed.
"Think we could make a break for it before that nurse comes around again?"
"I don't know - it would require a great deal of skill to make it out of the building without being recognized."
"We made it through Zin's lair under the Thames River, didn't we?"
"Just barely."
"That's enough for me."
"Where would we go?"
The bodyguard was thoughtful for a minute, and then he whispered, "I heard Ezekiel Rage was threatening to knock over Big Ben."
"You want to see if we can track him down before we fly out tomorrow?"
"Sounds like fun to me."
"We should probably leave a note or something of the like, don't you agree?"
And so it was that, forty-five minutes later, the nightshift nurse entered and found two very empty beds, along with two neatly folded hospital gowns and a slip of paper that stated simply, "SORRY - COULDN'T SLEEP; SEDATIVES AREN'T OUR CUP OF TEA."
THE END
May do more if so inspired…
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